from a list compiled by National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
310 8th Street Suite 303, Oakland, CA 94607
telephone: 510-465-1984; fax: 510-465-1885 http://www.nnirr.org
San Francisco Bay Area
Grassroots Organizers from the Muslim and Arab Community (GOMAC)
telephone: 877-282-2288
in the San Francisco Bay Area has a 24-hour hotline for people who are victims of, or witnesses to, hate crimes in the Bay Area.
San Francisco Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
ktillery@lccr.com, telephone: 415-543-9444
To report hate crimes or for assistance, contact Khari J. Tillery
San Francisco Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
301 Mission St., Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94105
Fax 415-543-0296
Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network (SIREN), San Jose, California
SIREN Hotlines to report hate violence and for referral to services:
* Farsi: 408-286-5680 Ext 108
* Spanish: 408-286-1698
* Vietnamese: 408-286-1448
* SIREN general number 408-286-5680
ACLU Northern California
Hotline : 415-621-2493 ext. 322
to report any hate crimes, racial harassment or violence, airport searches or against protestors and for other activities.
Southern California
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
telephone: 213-353-1347, 888-624-4752, or 213-353-1333
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
telephone: 213-977-7500
Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center Anti-Violence Project
telephone: 800-373-2227 or 323-993-7677
Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Los Angeles
telephone: 323-290-4126
Asian American Pacific Islander Circles
http://www.apicircles.org
provides legal referrals and advocacy for victims of hate violence stemming
from September 11 backlash.
Oregon
CAUSA
3545 Portland Rd. NE Suite 200
Salem, OR 97303
telephone: 503-763-1694
fax: 503-399-1183
email: jkbrier@yahoo.com rblobolopez@yahoo.com mano@open.org
report hate violence and/or to seek support or services in Oregon
New York
CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities, New York, NY
To report hate violence and/or to seek support or services,
telephone: 718-220-7391 ext 22.
Texas
ILEMP AFSC Immigration Law Enforcement Monitoring Project Offices
To report abuses on U.S.-Mexico border, telephone
* Houston: 713-926-2799
* El Paso: 915-577-0724
Texas Civil Rights Project
2212 E. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Austin, TX 78722
telephone: (512) 474-5073
email: HateCrimes@TexasCivilRightsProject.org
http://www.TexasCivilRightsProject.org
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of Texas
Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project
2311 N. Flores
San Antonio, TX 78212
telephone: 210-736-1503
ACLU of Texas
P.O. Box 3629
Austin, TX 78764-3629
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Legal Department
4201 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20008
telephone: 202-244-2990
fax: 202-244-3196
email: legal@adc.org
http://www.adc.org
Report hate crimes and harassment against Arab Americans and Muslims
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
99 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10013
telephone: 212-760-9110 or 212-966-5932
email: sling@aaldef.org
Incidents of attacks against Asian groups should be reported to Sinyen Ling, who handles anti-Asian violence for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. All information will be kept confidential and in the custody of attorneys.
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU National clearinghouse: http://www.aclu.org/difficultdays/
National ACLU Racial Profiling Hotline: 877-6-PROFILE
To report law enforcement racial profiling:
English language: 877-DWB-STOP [877-392-7867]
Spanish language: 877-PARALOS [877-727-2567]
The Council on American-Islamic Relations
453 New Jersey Ave SE
Washington, DC 20003-4034
telephone: 202.488.8787
fax: 202.488.0833
email: cair@cair-net.org
http://www.cair-net.org
To file an hate violence incident report with CAIR, you can do so online or
download a form and submit it with supporting documents (such as police reports, etc.) to: CAIR Incident Reports: CAIR, 453 New Jersey Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003-4034
If you believe you have been the victim of a hate crime, you should:
1. Report the crime to your local polic station immediately. Ask that the incident be treated as a hate crime. Follow up with investigators. Inform CAIR even if you believe it is a "small" incident.
2. Document the incident. Write down exactly what was said and/or done by the offender. Save evidence. Take photographs.
3. Act quickly. Each incident must be dealt with when it happens, not
when convenient
4. Decide on the appropriate action to be taken. Consider issuing a statement from community leaders, holding a news conference, organizing a protest, meeting with officials, or starting a letter writing campaign.
5. Mobilize community support. Contact CAIR and a local mosque or organization
6. Stay on top of the situation.
7. Announce results. When the incident is resolved, make an announcement
to the same people and organizations orginally contacted.
National Lawyers Guild
NLG National office: 212-627-2656
NLG National Immigration Project: 617-227-9727
http://www.nlg.org/
NLG provides legal referral services, updates on proposed anti-terrorist
legislation, and other links
National Immigration Law Center
telephone: 213-639-3900
http://www.nilc.org/
NILC provides technical assistance to immigration service providers and
other social service providers.
Sikh.Org, New York City
To report hate crimes against Sikhs, visit: http://www.sikh.org
For more information please contact
info@sikh.org or 212-894-3752 ext 3603
In solidarity with all communities that are suffering in the aftermath of this tragedy, the creators of this site would like to extend an invitation to members of all affected communities to also use this site to document hate crimes taking place against their communities. Contact: hateagainstsikhs@yahoo.com
South Asian Bar Association
Hate Crimes Help Line: 888-99NOHATE [888-996-64283]
http://www.southasianbar.org
South Asian Bar Association provides assistance to South Asians and others
seeking help with incidents of racial harassment and hate violence.
[posted 10/15/01]
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